Here's my summary of the 5000 gold items. Sword: Melts through enemies like butter. Armor: Protects like cloth. And the shield, well, I haven't got it. But it probably sucks.
Oh god. This game is terrible. Call this Endurance Challenge, because this has already broken me. I mean, could the bosses take any longer to beat? Could you have the courtesy to let you respawn at the boss fight if you die on it? No.